For example, "you suck so passionately," sounds terrible, nobody wants to suck, however, she sucks in such a passionate way, that it's a good thing! Of all the clever lines, I think my favorite lyric of the song is, "you're a parasitic, psycho, filthy creature finger-bangin' my heart." Ah, poetry. There's nothing a woman wants to hear more than, "you're hideous and sexy!" The thing I like most about the song is how all of the lyrics are both insulting, and yet enduring. The song has a wonderful Vaudeville feeling to it with staccato melodies and an overtly anti-sexual theme which the video captures perfectly. C Youre born of a jackal Youre beautiful Chorus F She moves through moonbeams slowly Dm She knows just how to hold me Bb And when her edges soften G Her body is my coffin F I know she drains me slowly D A She wears me down to bones in bed Bb Must be the sign on my head That says, oh. The song starts off with the lyric, "love me cancerously," and continues from there. “Love It All” / The KooksYou have to love a band t.I loathe sappy love songs, which is why I seem to adore vulgar comedic love songs-and Ludo's Love Me Dead is indeed vulgar. “One On One” /Daryl Hall & John Oates I h."Can't Stop Thinking About Her" / The Red ButtonI.'High maintenance' A means your a gluttonous queen, narcissistic and mean. "Love Me Dead" / LudoThe first couple of times I h. Love Me Dead Ludo Dm Love me cancerously, like a salt-sore soaked in the sea."Travelling Alone" / Ron SexsmithSuddenly I'm inun."Something To Talk About" / Bonnie RaittMeg Griffi.At any rate, it makes a nice change from the endless round of Coldplay. I perk up when it comes on the radio now. This is fun, folks, a goofy way to express the sick ambivalence of an unhealthy love affair, taking the "Cruel to Be Kind" concept down some dark side alley. You almost expect a wheezy ocarina and maniacal giggling - more than a little Rocky Horror Picture Show. The arrangement is funhouse loony, too, with jabbing minor-key organ chords, ominous backup harmonies, and a lockstep marching rhythm that just hints at delirium. In the chorus, he almost sounds as if he's seguing into something a little more tender: "She moves through moonbeams slowly / She knows just how to hold me / And when her edges soften.," only to flip it around suddenly with a rhyme: "her body is my coffin." And off he goes on another paranoid tangent. You're awful, I love you!" Even as he lambasts her, he's making an ironic spectacle of himself. "Kill me romantically," he pleads, as if writhing in exquisite torment "Fill my soul with vomit / Then ask me for a piece of gum. He throws plenty of nasty adjectives at his, um, love interest - "gluttonous," "narcissistic," "parasite, psycho, filthy" - but he delivers it in such a drama-queen manner, you just know he's hung up on her anyway. From that very first alliterative line - "Love me cancerously / Like a salt-sore soaked in the sea" - you know you're dealing with a snarky sensibility. The lyrics are still subversively clever. She's the one who introduced me to this band and I'm forever thankful for that Since this is her favorite Ludo song I decided to do this as. Louis), which sails right past some critics. Maybe it's that Midwestern sense of humor I love (most of the band is from St. Since when was being accessible a bad thing? They're tuneful, rhythmic pop, smartly packaged. But I don't know I like several tracks from this album, even more than the earlier ones on iTunes. I've read a few disparaging reviews of Ludo's current album, You're Awful, I Love You, that claim that Volpe has sold out, gone commercial, lost his quirky indie integrity. I have a long history of falling for singers in glasses. And.well, what can I say? He wears glasses. Hell do anything for her even though she wears him out. He cant get enough of her even though she uses him and abuses him. It's not exactly a novelty number, but it's tongue-in-cheek all right. This song seem to be about a guy who is in a love/hate relationship with a girl. High maintenaAnce means your a gluttonous queen, narcissistic and mean. Dressed in a sort of PeeWee Herman gray suit, he's sitting anxiously on a sofa, emoting extravagantly as he sings. DmLove me cancerously, like a salt-sore soaked in the sea. Then I saw the video, and realized that Ludo's front man/songwriter Andrew Volpe is completely digging the comedy. "I love you, you're awful," he's yelping to his girlfriend "You're hideous, and sexy." Well, make up your mind! I wanted to tell him. The first couple of times I heard this song on the radio, I wasn't sure I liked it - the lead singer's voice was whiny and neurotic, a little like John Linnell of They Might Be Giants crossed with Freddie from Freddie and the Dreamers. Songs similar to Love Me Dead by Ludo, such as The Bird And The Worm by The Used, Everybody Talks by Neon Trees, Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na) by My.
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